Sandy Hook School Shooting
On December 14th, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut was the site of a mass murder (Scinto, 2012). Twenty children and six adults were killed by 20-year-old Adam Lanza (Scinto, 2012). Before he drove to the school he shot and killed his mother in their home, and after the shooting took place he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head (Scinto, 2012). He was dead shortly after police arrived on the scene. This particular event was selected because it was an extremely tragic event in U.S. history and the second deadliest mass shooting in American history committed by a single person. The shootings renewed the debate about gun control in the country, and new legislation was proposed because of it. Because of the seriousness and magnitude of the shooting, it is now a part of history and will forever be remembered. While it would have been less stressful to select and write about something happier, it is very important to point out and remember the difficult times, as well.
Background
In order to understand the issues surrounding the event, it is necessary to take a better look at what happened that December day, and also what led up to it. In November of 2012, there were 456 children in Sandy Hook Elementary School, in kindergarten through fourth grade (Scinto, 2012). Shortly before that, the security protocol at the school had been upgraded. Visitors who came through were required to be admitted individually. They had to have an identification review and a visual review from a video monitor (Scinto, 2012). The school's doors were locked each morning at 9:30, after the students had all arrived (Scinto, 2012). There are only 28,000 residents in Newtown, and the area was generally considered to be very safe. During the 10 years prior to the shooting, there had been only one homicide in the town.
Before 9:30 AM on the day of the shooting, Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother in their home. She was found later, in her bed with four gunshot wounds in her head (Scinto, 2012). She was still in her pajamas, and was 52 years old at...
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